Monday October 13, 2008
(Manchester, NH) – Today, Jeanne Shaheen for Senate released a new web video entitled "Who's Prospering?," which asks John Sununu exactly who he is referring to in his new ad when he asserts that people are "prospering." With 159,000 jobs lost in September and a financial crisis upending Wall Street, everyday people are hurting.
The Sununu ad begins "Cut. Snip. Save. Prosper." Yet John Sununu's record of standing steadfastly with George Bush on failed economic policies has run our economy into the ground and made it harder for New Hampshire families and small businesses to make ends meet. Sununu has stood with Bush to double our national debt to almost $10 trillion, protect billions in tax giveaways to Big Oil and give tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas.
Watch the Shaheen web ad here: http://jeanneshaheen.org/
"If John Sununu is only talking to oil and drug company executives, then maybe he's hearing that people are prospering," said Kate Bedingfield, communications director for Jeanne Shaheen for Senate. "But if he's talking to families and small business owners and employees in New Hampshire, he's hearing that the Bush-Sununu economy has made it harder for people to get by. So we'd like to know from John Sununu: who is prospering right now?"
Full transcript of the web ad is below:
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| VO: John Sununu has been in Washington for twelve years, but does he know how middle class families are doing in New Hampshire? | Sununu on Senate floor
Chyron: Sununu: 12 Years in Washington |
| VO: On October 7th, Sununu put up a new ad on TV bragging about his record on the economy…
(Audio of Sununu ad, "Cut, snip, save, prosper") | Chyron: Sununu BRAGGING about the economy
Sununu's new ad: "Cut, snip, save, prosper…" |
| Sound effect: Record scratch
VO: Prosper? | Chyron: Sununu's Real Record? |
| VO: Small businesses struggling
159,000 jobs lost in September, the worst month in five years. | Chyron: Crisis Means No Paycheck for Some [Union Leader]
Chyron: 159,000 jobs lost in September.
Chyron: September's Job Loss Worst in Five Years. [AP]
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| VO: families lose over $2 trillion in their retirement accounts.
| Chyron: "Retirement Savings Lose $2 Trillion in 15 Months" [Washington Post, 10/08/08] |
| VO: Higher unemployment …
rising health care costs …
Jobs at stake. | Chyron: "NH jobless rate creeps back over 4%" [Foster's Daily Democrat, 10/2/08]
"Health insurance premiums between 2000 and 2007 went up 79%" [Union Leader, 10/08/08]
"NH Workers Fear Job Loss After Bailout" [Nashua Telegraph, 9/27/08]
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| VO: But right now, Sununu's ad is still saying: | Sununu ad ""prosper" (repeat 3 times)
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| VO: So here's a question for John Sununu … who's prospering? | Chyron: "?" |
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| Video of Sununu: "Well, uh … ask your question again." |
| We need a new direction. And that means we need a new senator. | Disclaimer |
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